Just came across an extremely obvious yet also subtle thing that could potentially be used for environmental storytelling in a fictional sense.
I'm at a Rugby clubhouse right now, one of these old things with a big wooden board detailing the captains and presidents of the club since they were founded in the late 1800's.
There is no captain or president detailed between the years 1914-1920, nor 1940-1946. Before and afterwards, absolutely. But just a blank space after "1914-1915" "1915-1916" etc etc.
Now it's obvious why. In our world that's when two major global wars in which many men were conscripted or otherwise working for the war effort. But as a detail for environmental storytelling and making a world feel lived in?
Absolutely inspired and I definitely want to use this.
















